Do you ever just do nothing?

I’m very good at doing nothing! In fact I’ve got it down to a fine art, I find it very easy to just chill,

After 4+ months of lockdown I have doing nothing down to a fine art.

I would love to take credit for the poem but alas it was plagiarized from anon' but it is so me I had to post it.

Stevenmarra who ARE you?? A very brilliant poet,on Gransnet in disguise, to see what old people talk about! ?
You must have spent ages on it ??????
Thankyou for the sheer amusement whilst reading it ??

Stephenmarra

This is how I do nothing more often than not.

Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. –
Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.

This is how it manifests:

I decide to water my garden.
As I turn on the hose in the driveway,
I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.

As I start toward the garage,
I notice mail on the porch table that
I brought up from the mail box earlier.

I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.

I lay my car keys on the table,
put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table,
and notice that the can is full.

So, I decide to put the bills
back
on the table and take out the garbage first.

But then I think,
since I’m going to be near the mailbox
when I take out the garbage anyway,
I may as well pay the bills first.

I take my check book off the table,
and see that there is only one check left.
My extra checks are in my desk in the study,
so I go inside the house to my desk where
I find the
can of Pepsi I’d been drinking.

I’m going to look for my checks,
but first I need to push the Pepsi aside
so that I don’t accidentally knock it over.

The Pepsi is getting warm,
and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

As I head toward the kitchen with the Pepsi,
a vase of flowers on the counter
catches my eye–they need water.

I put the Pepsi on the counter and
discover my reading glasses that
I’ve been searching for all morning.
I decide I better put them back on my desk,
but first I’m going to water the flowers.

I set the glasses back down on the counter,
fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote.
Someone left it on the kitchen table.

I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV,
I’ll be looking for the remote,
but I won’t remember that it’s on the kitchen table,
so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs,
but first I’ll water the flowers.

I pour some water in the flowers,
but quite a bit of it spills on the floor.

So, I set the remote back on the table,
get some towels and wipe up the spill.

Then, I head down the hall trying to
remember what I was planning to do.
At the end of the day:
the car isn’t washed
the bills aren’t paid
there is a warm can of
Pepsi sitting on the counter
the flowers don’t have enough water,
there is still only 1 check in my check book,
I can’t find the remote,
I can’t find my glasses,
and I don’t remember what I did with the car keys.
Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today,
I’m really baffled because I know I was busy all the damn day,
and I’m really tired.

I realize this is a serious problem,
and I’ll try to get some help for it,
but first I’ll check my e-mail….

Don’t laugh — if this isn’t you yet, your day is coming!!

I love this. So true!

If I didn't do nothing how would I binge watch Spooks or catch up in Montelbano which needs real concentration because of the subtitles?

Me too ashamed to say!too much time on kindle and books!

I was listening to radio 2 this week. They were discussing Niksen which is a form of relaxation. Might try it some time
time.com/5622094/what-is-niksen/

Bob.....busy doing nothing working the whole day through trying to find lots of things not to do. Busy going nowhere isn't it just a crime. I'd like to be unhappy but I never do have the time.

stephenmarra You have my efforts spot on!

It keeps going through my head the line in a song.... busy doing nothing....... but can't remember what comes next.

Oopsadaisy you defined your day as ^ nothing done of any consequence' and that by definition is something

I am incapable of sitting still for long and always need something to occupy myself, reading, sewing or thinking deeply.

I do nothing most of the time and it’s wearing me out ? ?

Frequently busy doing nothing. Most nights before I go to sleep I think of all the jobs I’ll do tomorrow, but as we all know ‘tomorrow never comes’.

I watched a 1950s film, Written On The Wind, with Rock Hudson and Lauren Bacall. One of those films that used to be a staple of lazy Sunday afternoons fifty years ago, quite enjoyable but never gets revived either on terrestrial TV or Netflix.

It wasn't entirely an empty activity, it's for my course in film studies, and I have to analyse it. There's a lot there that I would have missed fifty years ago. I probably won't have to write an essay about it but I may well be called to talk intelligently about it in the Zoom seminar on Tuesday morning.

I am an expert at doing nothing!

I love doing nothing and I dont feel guilty about it. Ive earned the right.

I was retired from work on the grounds of ill health, it took me just over a year to to regain my health to a point where I could function normally. This was done by doing just as Carly said, diet, exercise and rest. I would exercise in the morning, walk, cycle or swim. Lunch and the afternoon was spent just resting on the bed or in the garden reading or just sleeping.
Even now I have no guilt in spending time resting, or just doing nothing. I would say please don't raise your eyes upwards when you come in my house as I do have the odd cobweb.

It’s difficult doing nothing.

That would entail either standing or sitting, doing nothing,

‘Impossible’.

Loved your "poem" Stephenmarra - I can certainly relate!!
Needing a new bed I finally chose one that reclines and can't wait to go to slumber now. Find sleeping much better with a slight recline top and bottom. Watching breakfast tv with an almost full recline is blissfully comfortable with my morning tea and toast, It's so hard to finally get up and try to think what I'll do today. Living in a 2 tier now so I have an excuse?

Yes, but it usually involves sun and a sun lounger.

Reading a book or looking at your tablet is doing something.

I've been doing this alot recently and just don't realise how much time has gone by

I can’t just do absolutely nothing, but I much prefer reading, knitting, watching tv etc to doing housework.
My daughter, on the other hand, never stops. She’s always wiping down, plumping up cushions, faffing about doing something.

I treated her to a nice new steam mop this week, because she’s very kind to me. She’s delighted with it, especially as it can clean hard floors, carpets, upholstery and also wall tiles and glass shower enclosures. “I must bring it round, and show you all the things it can do,” she said, delightedly.

Devious? Moi?

Panda & tara It's a curse, you spend all day "chasing your tail" very little gets done yet you feel you've never stopped.

I class reading or watching TV as doing something. Things I unfortunately have to do a lot. I wish I could do more